Academic alliances shine at Education Collaborative’s 2024 West African Hub convening
March 18, 2024: The Education Collaborative’s inaugural 2024 West African Hub Convening welcomed 120 participants from over 25 higher education institutions.
Ashesi alumnus Daniel Amoshie ’23 named finalist for McGill’s McCall MacBain Scholarship
February 17, 2024: Electrical / Electronic Engineering graduate Daniel Amoshie ’23 has been named one of 37 finalists for the 2024 global cohort of McCall MacBain Scholars at McGill University in Canada.
Centre for African Popular Culture officially launches at Ashesi
February 5, 2024: The Center for African Popular Culture aims to strengthen African popular culture awareness through teaching and research.
Teaching in the age of AI: perspectives from Ashesi’s Head of Computer Science
October 5, 2023: When we endow a computing device with the ability to perform such tasks through software and systems we develop, we describe this as “artificial intelligence” or AI. AI is embedded in many of the systems we use every day.
Jeff Dean, Google’s Chief Scientist, delivers guest lecture at Ashesi on machine learning
September 11, 2023: As a long-time supporter of Ashesi, Jeff was on campus with a team from Google AI Ghana to speak to Engineering and Computer Science students about emerging trends in Machine Learning and AI.
Ashesi ranked among Africa’s top 10 in inaugural regional university rankings
June 29, 2023: Ashesi has been ranked ninth in Africa in a new Sub-Saharan University Ranking published by Times Higher Education (THE).
Ashesi alumna wins award for pollution-fighting water filtration research presentation
May 5, 2023: The system uses ceramic filtration and a connecting system of absorption materials from agricultural waste, including orange peels, to remove heavy metals, dirt, and bacteria from polluted waters.